Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
May 2nd
193 Notable deaths
Antun Branko Šimić
Croatian poet (1898–1925).
Born November 18th, 1898 in Drinovci, Grude.
Died May 2nd, 1925 at 26 years old in Zagreb (tuberculosis).
Edwin L. Marin
American film director (1899–1951).
Born February 21st, 1899 in Jersey City.
Died May 2nd, 1951 at 52 years old in Los Angeles.
Alphonse de Châteaubriant
French writer (1877-1951).
Born March 25th, 1877 in Rennes. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1951 at 74 years old in Kitzbühel. [ref]
Igor M. Diakonoff
Russian historian and linguist (1915-1999).
Born January 12th, 1915 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 2nd, 1999 at 84 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Wolfgang Völz
German actor (1930-2018).
Born August 16th, 1930 in Gdańsk.
Died May 2nd, 2018 at 87 years old in Berlin.
Dean Conant Worcester
U.s. zoologist and ornithologist (1866–1924).
Born October 1st, 1866 in Thetford.
Died May 2nd, 1924 at 57 years old in Manila.
John R. Swanton
American anthropologist and linguist (1873-1958).
Born February 19th, 1873 in Gardiner.
Died May 2nd, 1958 at 85 years old in Newton.
Idir
Algerian kabyle singer-songwriter and musician (1945-2020).
Born October 25th, 1945 in Larbaâ Nath Irathen. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 2020 at 74 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris (lung disease). [ref]
Kenneth Clark
American psychologist.
Born July 14th, 1914 in Panama Canal Zone.
Died May 2nd, 2005 at 90 years old in New York City. [ref]
Theodore Earl Butler
American painter (1861-1936).
Born October 12th, 1861 in Columbus.
Died May 2nd, 1936 at 74 years old in Giverny.
Deaths 111 to 120 of 193
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe